Grandson Of The Founder Of The Muslim Brotherhood And One Of The Biggest Muslim Scholars In The World Arrested On RAPE Charges

Tariq Ramadan is the grandson of Hassan Al-Banna, the founder of the Muslim Brotherhood. He is the biggest Islamic scholar in Europe and one of the biggest in the world. He was just arrested by police in his home of Switzerland after an investigation from two women who say that he raped them according to a report:

Prominent Muslim academic Tariq Ramadan is being questioned by French police investigating allegations of rape and sexual assault against him.

He was taken into custody in Paris over claims made by two women last year.

Mr Ramadan, 55, denies wrongdoing and is suing one of his accusers, Henda Ayari, a former radical Islamist who now heads a secular feminist group.

Mr Ramadan, a Swiss national, teaches Islamic studies at Oxford University, but took leave of absence in November.

How did the allegations emerge?

In a book published in 2016, Ms Ayari wrote about being raped in a Paris hotel four years earlier, but the book did not name the attacker.

In October 2017, she said the sexual assault scandal surrounding Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein had emboldened her to accuse Mr Ramadan explicitly.